United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development

A major United Nations conference held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Participants discussed environmental issues, notably continued production of toxic materials in industry and elsewhere. The conference was considered a success: it led directly to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. The conference is also called the Rio Summit and the Earth Summit.

At the start of the conference, Oxfam issued a report that gathers 194 countries under a process launched under the 1992 Rio Summit, Oxfam said that storms and droughts that have unleashed dangerous surges in food prices could be a "grim foretaste" of what lies ahead when climate change bites more deeply.

Kakakhel would work on stock taking report on the policies adopted and actions taken by Pakistan since the Rio Summit in 1992 to promote sustainable development, based on desk research and interviews with key stakeholders, including government and major groups, the UN entities and other multilateral partners in Pakistan In this connection SDPI orientation session for Media on Pakistan National Preparation for UN Conference for Sustainable Development was organized here on Tuesday.

AaAaAa This is why Morocco was "among the first nations to become acutely aware of the issues underscored by the Rio Summit, and has thus ratified the relevant international agreements," the sovereign said, noting that the environment issue features "prominently in our development programs, whether they concern water resources - an area in which my country has been applying a pioneering policy to ensure optimal use of water resources and fight floods and drought.

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